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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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